- #1 Myth of Empires
97% matchMixed67% of 17,381 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 229.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Building 10%, Open World 10%, Sandbox 9.9%, MMORPG 8.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: Offers a vast medieval sandbox experience with deep building, territory control, and complex crafting systems similar to the seed game.
- #2 Medieval Dynasty
96% matchVery Positive90% of 50,786 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 17.9%, Medieval 15.1%, Building 15.1%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the grounded, realistic aspects of medieval survival and building within a persistent, evolving world.
- #3 Mortal Online 2
96% matchMixed60% of 13,609 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Medieval 16.4%, Open World 15.6%, MMORPG 15% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 13%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, skill-based medieval MMORPG that mirrors the realistic combat and unforgiving survival nature of the seed game.
- #4 Pax Dei
94% matchMixed57% of 10,968 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 70.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Medieval 20.3%, Crafting 17.8%, Open World 16.6%, Sandbox 15.6%, MMORPG 14.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused medieval sandbox that emphasizes player-driven economies and large-scale construction projects.
- #5 Wurm Unlimited
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,133 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep terraforming and crafting experience that serves as a spiritual predecessor to the mechanics found in the seed game.
- #6 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
94% matchMixed69% of 10,552 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Medieval 16%, Open World 12.9%, MMORPG 11.4% ★, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic medieval combat and faction-based warfare in a persistent, open world.
- #7 Bellwright
93% matchVery Positive81% of 19,796 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Medieval 19.3%, Open World 18.2%, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines medieval survival with village management and building, requiring players to grow their settlement from the ground up.
- #8 Valheim
92% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based building and a challenging survival loop that rewards careful planning and resource management.
- #9 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
91% matchVery Positive88% of 290,096 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 62.3 hrsMean: 154.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 34%, Open World 23.9%, Sandbox 17.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%, RPG 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the ultimate medieval sandbox experience with large-scale battles and deep political and economic simulation.
- #10 V Rising
90% matchVery Positive89% of 134,242 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Open World 22.1%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 18.3%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished survival-crafting experience with a heavy emphasis on base building and skill-based combat.
- #11 Dark and Light
91% matchMixed52% of 11,819 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Open World 16.5%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that blends traditional crafting and building with fantasy elements in a massive world.
- #12 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
89% matchMixed52% of 3,445 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Medieval 9%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival RPG that emphasizes crafting, building, and exploration in a harsh medieval setting.
- #13 Rising World
88% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 11.2%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly interactive, procedural sandbox with extensive terraforming and building capabilities.
- #14 Eco
86% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex terraforming and community-based building mechanics where players must work together to survive and thrive.
- #15 Reign Of Kings
87% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Medieval 12.1%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features medieval survival and building with a strong focus on player-driven politics and territory control.
- #16 Renown
84% matchMixed59% of 1,558 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Medieval 11.4%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game with a focus on building and combat in a medieval-inspired open world.
- #17 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
86% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Medieval 26.1%, Survival 18.9%, Building 16.6%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a city-building perspective on the same medieval world and survival challenges found in the seed game.
- #18 Medieval Engineers
85% matchMixed52% of 7,297 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Medieval 20.4%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the physics-based building and structural integrity mechanics that define the construction in the seed game.
- #19 ARK: Survival Ascended
82% matchMixed60% of 105,775 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 27.6 hrsMean: 196.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Open World 20.5%, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, persistent sandbox survival experience with complex crafting and base-building mechanics.
- #20 KINGDOMS
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,083 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Medieval 20.2%, Open World 18.3%, Building 14.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval sandbox that focuses on building and survival in a world shaped by player actions.
- #21 Rust
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 421.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 14%, Open World 12.4%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore multiplayer survival game that emphasizes base building and high-stakes player interaction.
- #22 Citadel: Forged with Fire
82% matchMixed68% of 5,884 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a large-scale sandbox experience with building, survival, and magical combat.
- #23 Force of Nature
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,202 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, crafting, and building in a sandbox world with a focus on exploration and progression.
- #24 Savage Lands
80% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A harsh survival game that requires players to craft and build to survive against dangerous environmental threats.
- #25 Miscreated
79% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.8% ★, Survival 14.7%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 7.3%, Multiplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes realistic mechanics and base building in an open-world setting.
- #26 Hurtworld
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 63.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Survival 15.7%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that prioritizes base building and player interaction in a challenging environment.
- #27 Out of Reach
79% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that focuses on building and naval combat in an open-world setting.
- #28 Life is Feudal: Arden
77% matchMixed41% of 857 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 13.3%, MMORPG 13% ★, Medieval 12.6%, Building 11.8%
- #29 Life is Feudal: MMO
78% matchMixed40% of 7,344 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Medieval 11.8%, Crafting 8.6%, MMORPG 8.5% ★, Survival 8.4%
- #30 Wild Terra Online
77% matchMixed60% of 1,839 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 14.5%, Survival 13.8%, Medieval 11.2%, Crafting 10.4%
- #31 Outlaws of the Old West
76% matchMixed59% of 6,290 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50% ★, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Massively Multiplayer 5.4%
- #32 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,194 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
- #33 Wurm Online
75% matchMixed63% of 2,533 reviews2020
Dev: Code Club AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, MMORPG 9.6% ★, Building 9%, Massively Multiplayer 7.6%
- #34 Going Medieval
70% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Crafting 26.1%, Sandbox 25.1%, Survival 24.8%, Historical 8.1%, RPG 7.6%
- #35 GRAV
76% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 9.1%
- #36 Mortal Online
75% matchMixed52% of 2,959 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 15.6%, Medieval 12.9%, Survival 11.9%, MMORPG 9.7% ★
- #37 Boundless
73% matchMixed70% of 2,767 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37% ★, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 7.9%
- #38 Last Oasis
73% matchMixed62% of 24,224 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Open World 18%, Crafting 13.8%, Building 11%, Massively Multiplayer 10.4%
- #39 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
71% matchMixed59% of 460 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.9%, Medieval 9.9%, Open World 9.5%
- #40 Sengoku Dynasty
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,526 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Medieval 19.2%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 12.9%
- #41 Planet Explorers
73% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Survival 8.1%
- #42 Conan Exiles Enhanced
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 115,037 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.9%
- #43 Subsistence
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 9.9%, Building 6.8%
- #44 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
74% matchMixed44% of 980 reviews2017
Dev: encurio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Open World 17.9%, Survival 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 6.9%, Crafting 6.6%
- #45 The Front
69% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.8% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 9.8%, Building 9.1%
- #46 The Guild 3
71% matchMixed61% of 7,892 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Medieval 33.5%, Open World 13.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 11%, Survival 7.3%
- #47 ENDALOR
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 239 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Medieval 11.3%, Open World 10%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.6%
- #48 This Land Is My Land
70% matchMixed68% of 4,612 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 13%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 5.3%
- #49 Nested Lands
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 444 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Medieval 13%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 9.9%
- #50 Manor Lords
66% matchVery Positive84% of 87,232 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Medieval 36.4%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 11%, Survival 10.7%
- #51 ATLAS
69% matchMixed47% of 42,895 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 112.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Open World 19.9%, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 16.3%, MMORPG 11.9% ★, Sandbox 8.9%
- #52 Craft The World
67% matchVery Positive88% of 16,888 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Crafting 23.2%, Sandbox 19.6%, Building 19.2%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.1%
- #53 Heat
68% matchMixed49% of 2,935 reviews2020
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Survival 17.6%, Open World 17.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #54 Dune: Awakening
63% matchMostly Positive70% of 76,118 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 97.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34% ★, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #55 BitCraft Online
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,504 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Laboratories, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 97.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Join thousands of players in a true single-world MMORPG. Carve out a cozy nook, master a player-driven economy, or band together to transform the ancient wilderness into thriving cities. From humble beginnings to legend, your choices matter - because in BitCraft, your actions shape our world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.5% ★, MMORPG 14% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 10.7%
- #56 Mount & Blade
67% matchVery Positive92% of 6,665 reviews2008
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Why similar: Medieval 36.7%, Open World 24.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, RPG 9.6%, Multiplayer 5%
